Door assembly
AssigneeEndura Products, Inc.
InventorsKevin T. MACDONALD, Tomasz JASKIEWICZ, Eric JOHNSON
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Abstract
A door assembly is shown and described herein. The door assembly may include at least one door panel and a door frame having a plurality of frame members including a header and a mullion. The invention may also be considered a frame member. The frame member may be a mullion and include a core; and a two-piece top piece adjoining the core to form a structural member. The door assembly may further include at least one adjacent panel. The inventions disclosed are also applicable to jambs and window structures. Also disclosed are methods and assemblies for a mullion door frame member.
Claims15
A door frame component comprising:
- a structural core having at least one side surface with at least one recess point extending medially into the structural core away from a linear plane of the side surface;
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- a top piece configured to encase at least a portion of the structural core, the top piece including at least one extension that projects into the at least one recess point to secure the top piece to the structural core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.